and he, his sister was an accomplished artist, mary casat, who had a studio in paris. so in one of his, during his visits he observed the french tunneling. so he came back and said, hell, if we can -- if the french can tunnel, we can too. he actually failed, and you'll read that story in this volume, trying to build the tunnel previous to that. but he did succeed. it's just an incredible story of vision and just the type of determination to get the job done. but the staff, one of the staffers deliver that at this point to mr. boardman, thank you. >> thanks for bringing it up. >> all right, again, it does take that vision and it takes, also, the determination and also, to be quite blunt, it takes the cash. now, i was excited about president obama committing to high-speed rail. however, i did express my disappointment in that the money was diverted among 150 proms. most of the money went to california for a true high-speed rail, the rest is inner city-enhanced passenger service and a number of other improvements and grants. what is -- for the fra representative and admin